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He showed a lot of good stuff early in the year when Tarris Reed was injured. Had good games against Arizona, Illinois and Kansas. His minutes went down when Reed came back and he played progressively less as the year went on. Sounds like he has a very vocal camp that was concerned about playing time. UConn likely told him they won't commit to starting him next year, so portal it is.

I know Woody's staff was on Reibe, but did DDV's staff also pursue him? There were some rumors that his camp was grumbling about playing time this year. Goal is NBA asap of course. Ultimately looks like Reibe isn't on board with Hurley's vision for splitting time at the 5 as they did with Sanogo/Clingan, Clingan/Johnson, Johnson / Reed, Reed / Reibe. He faded pretty hard after a good early start for UConn, but their fans are definitely a little bummed to see him go and think he will be a good player. Sounds like he may want to face the basket more than Hurley's style really allows for the 5 to do. He can certainly come here and be our featured big guy. Tough for me to say who is worth overpaying at this rate but with 3 years of eligibility, hope we give him a close look.

Sounds like fanciful wishes from fans similar to the idea Darren Harris would entertain coming off the bench here

Absolutely. Hopefully we strike gold with some high upside reclamation projects at bargain prices. We will need to with this many spots to fill.

But I don't understand why we don't just buy all the best players? This seems obvious IMO.

Hurley encouraged Castle and McNeeley to be one and done... worked out great for Castle, less so for McNeeley thus far... so the change is interesting to me. I think Cal sort of set a precedent for the rest of CBB with encouraging guys to go to the NBA even if the player would benefit from more development and the program would benefit from having another year of them. When NIL first became a thing, a lot of people said how great it would be for retaining players who may not project so well as a pro. The conventional wisdom of going pro ASAP so you get to the second contract quicker makes perfect sense. I don't know what you make going in the back of the lottery vs end of the first round, but in a loaded draft class like this, it could make some sense IMO if the player wants to bet on themselves being able to improve draft position next year significantly. If I were advising Braylon I'd probably tell him run to the NBA and don't look back too... but I'd hate to wonder "what if" should he find himself shuffling between the G League teams in a few years like McNeeley potentially could

We will see about that... I just am not convinced that there is a limitation if / when you have a great coach (don't wanna restart the McCollum debate). All it takes is nailing the scout consistently enough for the stars to align IMO. Certainly more of an uphill climb at Iowa than UNC. And totally sucks for Iowa fans regardless

Are we supposedly trending away from Fru or something? Seemed like there was a lot of talk about him at first but no visit scheduled yet?

Hurley on Dan Patrick basically stating he will suggest Mullins return for another year of school before the NBA. From a basketball POV, seems like the right choice. Gotta weigh short vs long term financial implications. Could make sense in this loaded draft class especially. Better to be a sophomore than follow Liam McNeeley's career arc IMO.

Plus Hodgson is a good recruiter and stuff

Iowa fans have been expecting this... he probably earned himself a pay day in the tournament and for him it may be as good a check as he will ever get. PGs and Cs in the portal are getting crazy money. Super interesting to see where results stand compared to reported NIL budgets. I'd give him a look.

This is how I feel about Sherrill, would love to have him of course but don't see it happening. Hopefully it's not a situation where we passed on Estrella because of injury / cost profile, chased Sherrill and missed, and in the meanwhile someone like Fru's price goes from 3M to 3.5-4M causing us to whiff on him too.

Don't think we can pay both (maybe can't afford either) but one would be awesome

I think it's probably an ambitious list but fun to think of the possibilities while we wait. And totally agree... feels like a good day to start some good news for the weekend. Think we'd all be pretty happy if come Monday we have one of either Mustaf or Harris + Burton and Olsen on board.

My uninformed assumption is Darren Harris isn't looking for a bench role at his next stop.

Burton Darren Harris Mustaf $3.5M C Money ball starter 4 Scoring / sharpshooting wing Olsen Bench 5 ... Too greedy? Not greedy enough? Definitely grasping at straws.

Currently? Do we have a visitor list anywhere for this weekend?

Flattered RTZ has time to think of me in that way while he's getting insider scoops from Hanoi

This comment sparked some morbid curiosity in me. Since the turn of the century in 2000, VCU: 615-256 (.706) Indiana: 494-358 (.580) San Francisco: 433-370 (.539) So, results-wise, we're much closer to a mid, mid-major... lol

Friendly disclaimer to not believe everything posted on the internet by anonymous message board insiders

Historically speaking, inverse RTZ is a winning bet.

Burton or seppuku IMO

Sam Orme has killed Indiana basketball.

I don't think the ITH preview is particularly meaningful considering no mention of a visit and the do not contact tag and they just profiled Estrella yesterday. Would love to eat crow about that in this case, though.